Yonezu [village] - Yonezu

Japanese: 米水津[村] - よのうづ

A village in Minamiamabe County in the southeastern part of Oita Prefecture. Population 2,783 (1995). To the east is a ria coast facing the Bungo Channel, surrounding Yonemizu Bay, which is embraced by Cape Tsurumi and Cape Marubaenohana. Most of the village area is mountainous, and most of the cultivated land is used for mandarin orchards, where Unshu mandarins, Amanatsu oranges, and Iyokan oranges are cultivated. The coast is blessed with good harbors, and coastal fishing is carried out mainly around Miyanoura using purse seine nets and bottom trawls, with mackerel, horse mackerel, and sardines being landed. In recent years, aquaculture of pearls, yellowtail, and Japanese amberjack has also become popular, and processed seafood products such as salted and dried fish and dried anchovies are also produced.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

大分県南東部，南海部（みなみあまべ）郡の村。人口2783(1995)。東は豊後水道に面するリアス海岸で，鶴御（つるみ）崎と丸（まるばえ）ノ鼻に抱かれた米水津湾を囲む。村域の大部分は山地で占められ，耕地面積の大部分はミカン園で，ウンシュウミカン，甘夏，イヨカンなどが栽培されている。海岸部は良港に恵まれ，宮野浦を中心に巻網，底引網などによる沿岸漁業が行われ，サバ，アジ，イワシなどが水揚げされる。近年，真珠やハマチ，ブリなどの養殖も盛んで，塩干魚やいりこなどの水産加工品もある。

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